From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Requesting the production of undersheets for Wraith and B.III chassis, changing the material from aluminium to steel.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 99\4\ scan0013 | |
Date | 7th December 1937 | |
To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. 200B. also X 10HH 446. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.3/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.12.37. UNDERSHEETS - B.III AND B.50. We wish to try a set of undersheets similar to those which you have made for 28.G.VI and as a model for production, but made in .028 steel instead of .048 aluminium. Will you please produce such a set of undersheets for a Wraith car and also a similar set for the first B.III chassis. When the Wraith set are almost ready we will put a car into the shop for fitting. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||